mi familia..

they put tiny shellfish in my miso soup.. along w/ all the sand their tiny shells could possibly hold.. it was a little troubling.

Shibuya

just some interesting architecture..

in the subway during rush hour. :(

An amazing Rodin sculpture outside The National Museum of Western Art in Ueno.

Rodin's "Adam"

& "Eve"

big bro

an old temple in Ueno Park

Ueno Park

Roppongi

Harajuku

lazy ass pandas

"up to no good" ..1 & 2.






wtf face.. lol.

so i’m back from my little vacation to nyc.. i guess it wasn’t really so much a vacation. rather.. an investment on my future. but i just wanted to say.. hmm.. i got my internship offer.. my ticket towards the job that dreams are made of..
BUT.. as good as that news might deceivingly sound.. i have to say i wish i’d have been rejected... why you ask? well.. because even before i got home from the trip.. actually, even before i walked into that interview.. i knew i wasn’t going to take the offer. and isn’t it just much easier making a decision like this if you don’t have any choice at all, any offer? but as much as i think i’d love being paid to be surrounded by clothing and accessories, women... and of course gay men, all day at a fashion mag.. i’d much rather be close to home. yes.. here in WA. near my family... friends... and all the other crap that i’ve grown so used to i cant bear to be apart from now. haha. so i guess for me.. home is where the heart is? and since there seems to be no kind of job market for this sort of thing here in the NW.. i guess its a different route for me. unfortunate you say? well.. maybe not. let me enlighten you dear reader...
while interviewing with the panel of high end, snooty fashionistas, label whores and one uncommonly bitchy flaming homosexual man (he defn scared me the most)... i was uncomfortably questioning whether or not this might be the end of my great romance w/ ’fashion’ and all other prettiness that comes along w/ it. perhaps its not always the best idea to pursue a career doing what you love. no matter how great something might be there’s always those certain people that can ruin the one thing you thought could never be ruined. think about it, if you became a professional icecream taster, would you really be able enjoy it again when you know that you’ll be eating that shit everyday for the rest of your goddamn life?? nope. Didn’t think so. Hence.. all I have to say, is.. its good to be home. Well.. kinda but not really. U feel me right sujin? We went thru this..

anyways.. thanks Jane Magazine for the offer.. hope all I’ll be missing out on are fun filled days organizing the senior fashion editors contact list or some other bullshit task like it. ^_^

well.. here’s a little tour of nyc.. at least all the great art that you missed out on..

p.s. I got homesick on the very first day of the trip..

birds eye-view of the picturesque mt. ranier


best lodging ever. ^_^  W Tuscany..


out to dinner at a much overrated Tao.. (due to lost luggage davie’s still in sweats.. there is no way I would have ever let him out in that attire under any normal circumstances, of course.. hehe)


doin a little sightseeing around the city on day 1.. New York Public Library..


ever so breathtaking, Times Square…


"Dreamin of Juicy"..





the Met… a grownups toystore.. <3 this is defn. the way to spend a perfect day in NY.. stay until late evening and get away from the horrid crowds..


the largest collection of Egyptian art outside of Cairo..


Temple of Dendur 15 B.C. re-assembled


random candid shot of davie.. shutter went off by accident.. don’t you love when this happens? Pure glee on his face.. (he can thank the good company… )


checkin out the sculptures..


Botticelli…




another Botticelli as we make our way into the Robert Lehman Collection. "the Annunciation"


4 hours in and still savoring every minute of it…


Modigliani..


my favorite.. Klimt


Picasso..


Self portrait..


they have so many Picasso’s.. you kinda have to wonder how many pieces he actually crammed in throughout his lifetime..


seriously.. a lot..



davie’s fav.. Dali.. he is pretty damn amazing tho right? "the Accomodations of Desire"

Hopper.. not as great as "Nighthawks" but as the artist behind my favorite piece, just had to snap one..


"Gertrude Stein"


Tony Oursler exhibition.. "Climaxed".. I have to say.. this one kinda freaked me out a little..

Sigmund Freud..


Warhol..


Lichtenstein.. "Stepping Out". love his stuff.. see?.. some modern art can be good.. haha.


Van Gogh..


Gauguin.. "La Orana Maria"..


Renoir.. "Madame Marguerite Louise Lemonni"..


Degas.. snuck a picture in the no camera zone.. just couldn’t help myself.


Monet.. seriously.. there isn’t a great artist not featured here..


Gustave Moreau’s "Oedipus and the Sphinx"..


Tiepolo’s "Allegory of the Planets and Continents".. photographs really don’t do it justice..


Carle Vernet..


Raphael’s "Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints"..


this was one of my favorites by Velazquez.. isn’t the Holy One portrayed handsomely?? how often do you see that??


the last shot taken during our 8 hour tour of the museum… "Washington Crossing the Delaware".. yup, it’s the real thing.. (Emanuel Leutze)


MoMa- Day 3.. Matisse..


Matta..


Seurat.. "the Channel at Gravelines, Evening".. pretty amazing eh?


Van Gogh’s "Joseph Etienne Roulin".


again.. Klimt. "Hope II"..


another amazing Klimt.. "The Park"


"Starry Night" the one and only. my most starstruck moment in nyc..


Giorgio De Chirico.. "The Great Metaphysical Interior"..


Caught browsin through the exhibits..


Picasso.. "Girl with the Mandolin"..


their Picasso collection was huge as well.. "Seated Bather"

Severini.. "Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin"


Monet.. this one was kinda great..


David w/ his "Dali"..




Murakami. all you label whores better appreciate his brilliance if you wanna tote around his stuff. LV makes art appreciation easy..


Day 4.. The Natural History Museum of New York.. that humpback was enormous..


I told him to do a fun underwater pose..


me joining in on the fun.. J


"The Star of India".. looks much cooler in person..


back home.. <3

When in search.. I have a new motto to live by..

Always assume the worst in people and dont trust anyone.

To you this outlook may seem a bit pessimistic. However, upon further
investigation, it is indeed optimism in disguise. Lets face it, most
humans out there are selfish individuals, always looking out for
themselves. So when looking out there for a potential Mr. Right,
youve gotta assume theyre all scum. You keep this in mind while
looking beyond their perfect exteriors, past their material possessions
and behind those credentials. You examine each one in search of that
rotten core that is undoubtedly there. With no expectations comes the
benefit of no let down. Kick them away like the trash they are.
Through this arduous journey, eventually when you stumble upon that
one rare individual.. youll open them up, only to be surprised to find..
...pure treasure.

TEN random things about me: 01. I hate being forced to do anything 02. I’m hard to please (or so I’ve been told) 03. I can’t relax comfortably when there are things I know that need to be done 04. I play on weekdays and stay in on weekends 05. Driving is only made bearable for me through the magic of a good cd 06. I’m the most even-tempered, rational, good-natured person in my family 07. I have constant irrational fears 08. I love watching America's favorite pasttime :) 09. I love the smell of wood at the hardware store 10. I hate watching tv w/ chronic channel flippers. NINE ways to win my heart: 01. make me feel like I’m the only one in the room 02. shower me lots of love n affection 03. but still keep me guessing. 04. be dependable. 05. make me laugh 06. brighten my day 07. sing to me while playing a tune on the guitar.. (this one never fails) 08. be loyal 09. be persistent EIGHT things I want to do before I die: 01. find God. 02. fall in love 03. start a family. 04. travel the world 05. watch my children grow 06. support my parents 07. devote my efforts to a truly worthy cause 08. have a career that I love SEVEN/things that annoy me 01. when people don’t fall through on plans they make 02. when people that I love exactly the way they are start to change 03. when people judge me based on what little they see (unless it’s a positive judgment, in which case you’re more than welcome to judge away. ^_~) 04. when people borrow things that I value. 05. when people act retarded while they’re drunk. (hahah. But that’s not really an issue anymore, now is it??) 06. when people I know very well text message me with NOTHING to say. 07. when people call me and sit there in silence and expect me to talk SIX things I believe in: 01. God. 02. true love 03. divine intervention 04. karma 05. my family 06. myself FIVE things I’m afraid of: 01. losing a loved one 02. being w/out God 03. not achieving my goals 04. never falling in love 05. being alone FOUR of my favorite items in my room 01.”NightHawks” by Hopper poster. 02. Computer 03. My “freaky” framed pic of someone special.. haha.. (shh. dont tell anyone sujin) 04. Sujinee. THREE things I do everyday 01. think about loved ones 02. give Sujin the wtf face.. (or so it seems.. its an everyday chore) haha. 03. stress out about something not worth stressin about TWO things I want to do right now: 01. hear from someone I’ve been waiting for.. 02. be at peace with myself ONE person I want to see right now: 01. this one’s confidential.. :) guess they’ll never know.. :X